Mission  Statement

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) Library Media Services

MDCPS Library Media services mission is to collaborate with educators at various levels in assisting students to become active and creative locators, evaluators, and users of information.  With these skills, as well as knowledge of the information search process, students will become skillful consumers and producers of information.  This foundation will enable students to become lifelong learners in a dynamic and ever-changing world.

The Library Media Services program facilitates this process by:

• providing professional resources in a variety of formats;

• offering professional growth opportunities;

• networking with community connections offering diverse resources

• providing leadership in evaluating and improving school library media programs.

Specifically, the Library Media Services staff will endeavor to:

• improve student achievement by guiding the school library media specialist in integrating information literacy skills throughout the curriculum.
• improve student reading skills by providing the library media specialist with print, non-print, and electronic resources;
• offer guidance in developing motivation reading programs and materials
• promote the use of technology to locate and use information; and
• enhance the learning environment through staff development.

South Miami Heights Elementary

Our mission is to maximize each student's academic and social potential.  We will accomplish this through an integrated curriculum that satisfies the needs of an increasingly career oriented, multicultural and technological society, while preserving values and goals of traditional educational excellence.

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